Going in Style

Riding around in this horse drawn carriage looks like it would be a lot of fun, especially on a hot and humid day like we're having now. We're walking though. As enjoyable as a carriage ride might be,Läs mer
Riding around in this horse drawn carriage looks like it would be a lot of fun, especially on a hot and humid day like we're having now. We're walking though. As enjoyable as a carriage ride might be,Läs mer
These are the sort of details I had mentioned before. While riding by on the carriage, you would probably miss seeing all this moss growing on the roofs of nearly every building here. This reallyLäs mer
Our next stop was seeing how cloth was made. This was not clothes, just cloth. After the demonstration, they explained that people just bought the cloth and then made their own clothing, unless theyLäs mer
This contraption is used in the making of threads and cloth. By working a foot pedal, it spins around and opens and closes very quickly. It's purpose seems to be to wind the loose threads into bundlesLäs mer
Here's some finished threads, after being dyed different colors, fresh off that big wooden spinning machine. These threads are then, as I understood it, put onto a loom and woven into cloth. I'mLäs mer
Here's one of the craftsman working on the loom to make all those threads into cloth. It looks like a very repetitive and complicated process. Back then, people had to work so hard for everything theyLäs mer
In this building, there was a demonstration of writing with quills and using inkwells. Kathy tried her hand with the quill and did very well with it. It's a lot more difficult than it actually looks,Läs mer
The next place we saw was the armory. Loaded with muskets, cannon balls and gunpowder, this place looked ready for anything!
Here's the view from the lookout area on the upper level of the armory. The glass in the windows is wavy and distorted, just like in the Governor's Palace. How could anyone see through windows likeLäs mer
A lot of these drums were in the armory, along with all the weaponry. I'm thinking that they were just in storage for when Colonial Williamsburg has parades and things. I was hoping that we would seeLäs mer